We’ve written on this race previously:

38th Legislative District – first quarter campaign finance reports

The August 5, 2008 primary results:

State Representative – District 38   Precincts Reporting 3 of 3

  Silvey, Ryan REP 1,089 83.4%

  McIntire, Marcus P. REP 217 16.6%

  Reed, Josh DEM 1,414 100.0%

Total Votes   2,720

Democratic challenger Josh Reed and his “grass rootsie” campaign will face republican incumbent Ryan Silvey and all that big money in the November general election.

Let’s take a look at those campaign finance reports. First, the second quarter 2008 campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission by Josh Reed (D) on July 14th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $8,947.72

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $3,277.50

8. FUNDS USED FOR REPAYING LOANS THIS PERIOD $1,680.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $10,545.22

10. TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $693.74

11. EXPENDITURES MADE BY CASH OR CHECK THIS PERIOD $3,861.95

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $4,555.69

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $4,577.41

[emphasis added]

Let’s look at where the money came from:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE

Report Date: 7/14/2008

MO. State UAW PAC Hazelwood, MO 06/12/2008 $325.00

38th District Legislative Comm. Kansas City, MO 06/30/2008 $550.00

8th Ward Democratic Committee Kansas City, MO 05/05/2008 $200.00

Committee for a Safer City Kansas City, MO 05/08/2008 $50.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $1,025.00

[emphasis added]

A little bit of organized labor, a few party committees, individual contributions, and those “grass rootsie” small contributions. That looks like balance to me.

The expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE

ReportDate: 7/14/2008

A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

Office Max Photocopying $22.55

Platte County Federated Women’s Club Breakfast $40.00

Melissa Pruetting Childcare $16.25

Missouri Ethics Commission $60.00

Shell Gas Station $50.00

Obama for America Volunteer Prizes $44.60

B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS

Postmaster Smithville, MO 04/30/2008 $250.00

Postmaster Smithville, MO 05/05/2008 $302.95

Postmaster Smithville, MO 05/06/2008 $137.10

Service Printing Kansas City, MO 05/28/2008 $350.11

Service Printing Kansas City, MO 06/04/2008 $2,026.31

Obama for America Chicago, IL 06/19/2008 $296.00

Service Printing Kansas City, MO 05/07/2008 $266.08

Mail! Printing! Signs? Do you think his campaign committee name gives away his inspiration?

Okay, let’s go through his 8 day before the primary election report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 28th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $10,545.22

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00

8. FUNDS USED FOR REPAYING LOANS THIS PERIOD $1,186.96

11. EXPENDITURES MADE BY CASH OR CHECK THIS PERIOD $1,029.28

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $2,361.17

[emphasis added]

Do you get the feeling that this campaign is being planned around a kitchen table? You’ve got to love it.

No contributions in the two week period (come on people, you know what to do), so let’s look at those expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE

Report[ ]Date: 7/28/2008

Linn Marketing $10.00

Salvation Army Office Supplies $14.95

Shell Gas Station – Fuel $52.70

Gas N Stuff – Fuel $56.63

B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS

Voicent Communications Cupertino, CA 07/15/2008 $895.00

Predictive dialing. Work those phones.

Now, let’s take a look at the big money republican incumbent. Ryan Silvey (r) filed his second quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $45,125.00

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $7,075.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $52,200.00

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $30,855.18

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $26,337.30

[emphasis added]

Money, money, money, mo-ney. Money!

The contributions:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

Report Date: 7/15/2008

PT-PAC of Missouri 05/28/2008 325.00

Teamsters 245 PAF  Springfield, MO 04/15/2008 $350.00

Embarq Employee PAC of MO Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $250.00

Kansas City Life Employees PAC Fund I Kansas City, MO 06/20/2008 $300.00

Citizens for Ruestman 06/18/2008 $100.00

Community Health Access Committee Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $250.00

Missouri Republican Leadership Council St. Louis, MO 06/11/2008 $300.00

Missouri State Council Fire Fighters PAC St. Louis, MO 06/23/2008 $325.00

Missouri Medical Jefferson City, MO 06/30/2008 $325.00

Missouri Health Care Assoc. PAC Jefferson City, MO 04/21/2008 $325.00

District 7 MHCA PAC 236 Jefferson City, MO 04/21/2008 $325.00

Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00

Teamsters Local 688  St. Louis, MO 04/29/2008 $325.00

Missouri State Chiropractors Assoc. Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00

Teamsters Local 955 Kansas City, MO 06/13/2008 $325.00

Missouri Financial Services PAC Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00

AGC of St. Louis St. Louis, MO 06/12/2008 $325.00

Missouri Cable PAC Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00

Missouri Independent Bankers Assoc. Liberty, MO 04/14/2008 $325.00

Missouri Assoc. of Nurse Anesthetists 05/28/2008 $325.00

MHA PAC for Health Jefferson City, MO 05/08/2008 $325.00

AMECPAC Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00

11. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT FUND-RAISERS AS REPORTED IN LINE 8 ON FORM CD 1A $0.00

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

[emphasis added]

What? No small dollar contributors? If truth in advertising were required for campaign committee names Ryan Silvey would have to change his to “Corporate Interests for Silvey” (pace our good friends in the Teamsters and Firefighters).

Where did he spend the money?:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

Report[ ]Date: 7/15/2008

A. EXPENDITURES OF $
100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

Food $61.14

Gas $439.20

Copies $3.51

Office Supplies $84.60

B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS

Public Storage Gladstone, MO 05/05/2008 Storage $106.00

Public Storage Gladstone, MO 06/03/2008 Storage $106.00

Humphrey, Farrington & McClain Independence, MO 64051 04/29/2008 Legal Services/Research $4,000.00

Almar Printing Kansas City, MO 06/12/2008 Printing $1,141.89

Public Storage Gladstone, MO 04/03/2008 Storage $98.00

[emphasis added]

Storage?

Okay, who spends $4000.00 on legal fees for a campaign when your name isn’t Matt Blunt?

Next we’ll go through Ryan Silvey’s 8 day before the primary election report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 28th:

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $5,575.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $57,775.00

11. EXPENDITURES MADE BY CASH OR CHECK THIS PERIOD $1,304.82

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $30,607.48

[emphasis added]

Let’s see where all that money came from in less than two weeks:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

Report Date: 7/28/2008

19th Legislative District Republican Committee St. Charles, MO 07/23/2008 $1,500.00

14th Legislative District Republican Committee St. Charles, MO 07/23/2008 $1,500.00

11. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT FUND-RAISERS AS REPORTED IN LINE 8 ON FORM CD 1A $0.00

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

[emphasis added]

Labor, PACs, and party committees.

Still? No small dollar individual contributions? He must be trying really hard to not accept them.

Expenditures:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

ReportDate: 7/28/2008

Public Storage Gladstone, MO 07/03/2008 Storage

1866 [aggregate amount to date] $106.00

He’s still storing something. I wonder what? His parade car?!

Silvey also filed 24 hour reports listing contributions from PACs on July 29th (pdf), July 31st (pdf), and August 4th (pdf).

This race has a grass roots populist David vs. Goliath feel to it. How about helping out David with a few stones for his sling? You all know what to do.

MECID:C071385  

JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE

205 NW 73RD ST

GLADSTONE MO 64118

There are three candidates running in the 38th Legislative District which is in Clay County:

State Representative – District 38 (ballot order)

Republican

Ryan Silvey Gladstone MO 2/26/2008

Marcus P. McIntire Kansas City MO 3/17/2008

Democratic

Josh Reed Gladstone MO 2/26/2008

In 2006 the Democratic challenger lost by 11.4%.

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri General Election  – November 2006 – General Election

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

State Representative – District 38 – Summary

Precincts Reporting 13 of 13

Silvey, Ryan REP 7,480 55.7%

Spears, Dennis DEM 5,960 44.3%

Total Votes   13,440

Let’s take a look at a bit of election history:

Dan Bishop (D) (see below) died after the November 2004 election and a special election was held to fill the vacancy.

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri Special Election  – State Representative–District 38

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Ryan Silvey REP 3,468 51.6%

Teresa Loar DEM 3,255 48.4%

Total Votes   6,723

Oh so close. Special elections. We need to do a lot better as a society in turning out.

Silvey (r) ran against the Democratic incumbent in 2004 and lost:

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri General Election

Tuesday, November 02, 2004

State Representative – District 38 – Summary

Precincts Reporting 13 of 13

Bishop, Dan DEM 8,919 51.7%

Silvey, Ryan REP 8,348 48.3%

Total Votes   17,267

Silvey (r) had a close party primary in 2004 – he barely won:

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri Primary Election

Tuesday, August 03, 2004

State Representative – District 38 – Summary

Bishop, Dan DEM 4,812 100.0%

Silvey, Ryan REP 2,140 51.7%

Bowman, Judy REP 1,997 48.3%

Total Votes   8,949

Do you get the feeling that there were competing republican factions?

Let’s take a look at 2002:

Official Election Returns

State of Missouri General Election  – 11/5/2002

Tuesday, November 05, 2002

State Representative – District 38 – Summary

Bishop, Dan DEM 5,306 52.6%

Bowman, Judy REP 4,785 47.4%

Total Votes   10,091

Hmm. Judy Bowman (r) had a close race with the Democratic incumbent in 2002 – and Silvey took her on in the primary in 2004. Hmm. It definitely smells like some republican factionalism is going on here.

On to the first quarter 2008 campaign finance reports:

Marcus McIntire (r) filed a Committee Statement of Limited Activity (pdf) with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 14th. This means that he neither raised nor spent more than $500.00.

Ryan Silvey is the incumbent republican in the race:

Rep. Ryan Silvey

94th General Assembly

Born April 17, 1976 in Kansas City, Missouri, Rep. Ryan Silvey, a Republican, represents part of Clay County (District 38) in the Missouri House of Representatives. First elected to the House in a special election in 2005, Rep. Silvey is a former legislative aide to U.S. Senator Kit Bond…

…A 1994 graduate of Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Rep. Silvey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interpretive Speech from the Bob Jones University in 1998.

This has got to be one of the sparsest legislator biographies I’ve ever seen.

Ryan Silvey (r) filed his first quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 14th.

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $42,750.00

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $2,375.00

3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $45,125.00

14. TOTAL ALL EXPENDITURES MADE THIS PERIOD (SUM 11A + 12A + 13A) $12,159.78

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $24,178.39

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $25,939.09

[emphasis added]

What did he spend the money on?:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

Report[ ]Date: 4/15/2008

Mark Wright Jefferson City, MO 01/03/2008 Fundraising Services $8,500.00

M & W Consulting Jefferson City, MO 01/24/2008 Fundraising Services $1,250.00

Hmmm. That doesn’t appear to be a good return on investment.

Let’s see where the money came from:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

Report Date: 4/15/2008

Law Offices of Charlie Dickman, LLC KC, MO 03/16/2008 $50.00

Teamsters Local 541 Political Action Fund KC, MO 03/28/2008 $325.00

17th Legislative District Republican Committee St. Charles, MO 03/31/2008 $400.00

Republican 18th District Legislative Committee St. Charles, MO 03/31/2008 $1,600.00

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

[emphasis added]

That’s it. That’s the totality of this quarter.

Isn’t that grasroots wave a sight to behold?

Let’s take a look at his fourth quarter 2007 campaign finance report, maybe there’s something there:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY

Report Date: 1/15/2008

[Lots and lots of contributions from P.O. Box 1901 and P.O. Box 23200]

(8. TOTAL: ITEMIZED CONTRIBUTIONS THIS PERIOD : $37,350.00)

12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00

13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00

[emphasis added, added comment in italics]

Uh, yeah. Two post office boxes account for the majority of his fundraising. And he expended almost $10,000.00 on fundraising? Holy cow.

I’m telling you – the grassroots just jumps right out at ya’. Not. You’d think maybe one or two actual individual constituents in his district would cut a check. Wow. Just wow.

If somebody wanted to really pound the pavement I bet they could take this guy on.

Joshua Reed (D) filed his first quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on April 14th.

Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report

Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE

1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $0.00

2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $4,025.60

3. ALL LOANS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $3,510.00

6. IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $1,412.12

7. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS PERIOD (SUM 5A + 6A) $8,947.72

9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $8,947.72

15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $
693.74

28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $6,841.86

[emphasis added]

Where did the money come from?:

Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received

Committee: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE

Report Date: 3/31/2008

(8. TOTAL: ITEMIZED CONTRIBUTIONS THIS PERIOD : $5,437.72)

9. AMOUNT OF ITEM 8 THAT WAS RECEIVED AS MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS $4,025.60

10. AMOUNT OF ITEM 8 THAT WAS RECEIVED AS IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS$1,412.12

A few party committees and a number of individual contributions. There are $10.00 and $25.00 contributors listed. Now that’s “grass rootsie”.

What did he spend money on?:

Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made

Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE

Report[ ]Date: 3/31/2008

A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY

district maps $45.00

postage $96.11

B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS

Service Printing & Graphics Kansas City MO 03/17/2008 $552.63

Somebody is going door to door and they’re going to give a republican incumbent a run for his two post office box’s money.